Block hits with anchor utility
1As an anchor, throw a smoke or molotov to stall the hit and buy time for rotators.
SectionsCT Protocols
Set anchors up with flashes
2As a rotator, be ready to throw flashbangs that let site anchors take favorable fights when they are being executed against.
Stay anchored until the hit is confirmed
3Do not leave your site until the bomb is spotted or a majority of the Ts is called elsewhere.
Name the hold and the gap
4Communicate the angle you are holding and which lane may be open.
Refresh information every 15 seconds
5Update your teammates about every 15 seconds, even when you have spotted nothing.
Choose the site fight together
6During a site execute, play together; if you are being smoked off while a teammate is alone on site, consider committing to the fight with them instead of leaving them isolated.
Split read: choose one side
7When the Ts threaten a split or you can no longer cover both branches safely, call which side to fight, consolidate there, and trade together before recovering the other half.
Video · 40:45Post-plant choke utility
1During a post-plant, use your smoke or molly on a chokepoint.
Post-plant reposition
2During a post-plant, try to get off of site and into a good position.
Pack trade spacing
3When taking space as a pack, ensure that you are no more than 2 steps behind the entry fragger so that you can effectively trade for them.
Man up: reset into a pack
4When the team gains a one- or two-player advantage, call Reset, abandon isolated fights, and regroup around the next objective so the surviving pack can take the next fight together and trade it.
Video · 2:28Call every smoke
5During a site take, call the smoke you are throwing so teammates do not double-smoke the same lane.
Keep paths clear
6Ensure your path does not block a teammate moving through exposed territory.
Offer setup utility early
7Proactively tell teammates which utility you can throw to set up their next fight.
Reassign the opposite extremity after a split
8When a split is chosen, have the extremity player on the opposite site lurk toward Mid, take a flank, or slowly rotate through Spawn toward the chosen site so the team keeps pressure and a late connection.